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| We would assume that the charges would be about $15 million to $20 million mostly in the first half of next year and the margins to improve as we go forward into Q3 and Q4 |
| We have a great company operating in attractive markets and are financially strong |
| We have global market-leading businesses and an exceptional team |
| And our strength is that we have the global footprint |
| MP, once again, delivered excellent full year performance in 2023 as sales were up 15% and operating margins expanded 80 basis points to 16.1% |
| The Terex team delivered a 17% increase in sales, over 300-basis-points improvement in gross margins, a 63% improvement in EPS, and our return on invested capital of 28.5% improved by 720 basis points |
| These outstanding results demonstrate the strength of Terex operating model and the progress we've made over these last few years |
| Over the last seven years, our MP business has consistently grown near double digits per year, becoming a vital piece of the Terex success story, and closed the year as strong as ever at 16.1% operating margin |
| The team did a great job in expanding margins by 480 basis points and we're confident in our margin improvement outlook for next year |
| Our AWP business executed very well in 2023, grew sales by 18% year-over-year and improved operating margins by 480 basis points to 12.7% |
| Our new state-of-the-art Monterrey facility continues to ramp up as planned, and it's the largest facility we've ever built in Terex, and we're very proud of the team of the progress they've made |
| This facility has been mostly built for competitive reasons and to improve Genie's through cycle margin performance |
| I'm very proud of our team members' accomplishments in 2023 |
| Terex is in a great position with a diverse portfolio designed to help our customers achieve their goals |
| So, most of these charges are non-recurring, severance and depreciation, and manufacturing efficiencies will improve going forward as the plant comes online |
| A lot of strong operational momentum |
| The team successfully managed through all the disruptions in supply chain, inflation and longer-term [indiscernible] projects, and still delivered strong year-over-year performance |
| We have posted very strong improvements, 2023 versus 2022, up 300 basis points on operating margin as Terex overall, growing 17% |
| We're proud of the role our products play in the many development projects around the globe |
| And what makes my job a lot easier, quite frankly, as incoming CEO is we have a lot of operational momentum going into 2024 |
| We're proud to report that for a second consecutive year, Newsweek recognized our commitment to sustainability and naming Terex one of America's Most Responsible Companies |
| Additionally, Terex has been awarded a perfect score in our first-ever Human Rights Council Equality Index Review in recognition of the important work our team is doing to ensure an inclusive work environment and where all team members feel valued |
| AWP, they did a fantastic job in the year with sales up 18% and OP margin expansion of 480 basis points |
| Investments around the world in infrastructure, digitalization, waste recycling and electrification are favorably impacting our end markets |
| Strong balance sheet, so obviously, that gives us the optionality |
| Our product portfolio is well positioned to capitalize on these opportunities |
| For example, the MP Powerscreen and Finlay brands have leading positions in global crushing and screening markets that benefit from both the growth in infrastructure and the associated demand for aggregates and from the growing demolition and recycling projects |
| MP brands like Ecotec, CBI and Terex Recycling Systems have grown 26% this year driven by new product development and growing demand for environmental and waste recycling solutions |
| Our utilities business is well positioned to capitalize on investment required to upgrade the US electrical grid to support the accelerating demand as the industrial world continues to move to the use of more electrical power |
| And our Genie products are benefiting from demand from infrastructure projects, data centers, manufacturing and events and entertainment |
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| Q1 margins are anticipated to be approximately 200 basis points lower due to unfavorable product and regional mix |
| In Q4, manufacturing inefficiencies were about $4 million unfavorable to what we had put in our outlook, as we've had an in-quarter supply chain issue with one of our new suppliers |
| It's just a slight year-over-year decline in our operating margin due to product mix |
| So think Fuchs, for example, is also tied, obviously, to the scrap market, but also our Cranes business, specifically our Tower Cranes business, with their exposure to the European market, they are facing some headwinds |
| Europe has been weak for some quarters now |
| Compared to the prior year, sales are anticipated to be lower in the first quarter to realign supply and demand in our Fuchs and Crane businesses |
| In addition, there were some severance charges in AWP and some unfavorable FX |
| But then the fourth quarter of 2023, especially in our MP businesses, as I mentioned earlier, is where we really started to see the slowdown in Europe come in, and that kind of impacted MP a little bit |
| When we look at Q1, Q1 is going to be a bit lower on sales and volume due to some rebalancing of supply and demand in our Fuchs and Tower Cranes business basically |
| Julie Beck Nicole, we would expect roughly a 7% decline in sales in the first quarter due to that rebalancing in Fuchs and Towers in the first quarter |
| MP's reported operating profit of $84 million was down $3 million, as improved manufacturing efficiencies and disciplined cost management was offset by an unfavorable product liability verdict |
| And so, as that facility starts to come online, it's going to run unfavorable manufacturing efficiencies or unfavorable burden absorption until the product moves are completed |
| I assume Europe is down a few percent |
| And so that's how the full year margin goes down just a bit |
| Actually, you say couple of quarters, we have seen it mostly hit us for the first time in the fourth quarter, and we see it spill over in the first and the second quarter of this year |
| Julie, I think you said down 200 bps year-over-year in the first quarter |
| Our net leverage remains low at 0.4 times, below our 2.5 times target through the cycle |
| It's important to realize we are operating in a complex environment with many macroeconomic variables and geopolitical uncertainties, so results could change negatively or positively |
| There's still a little bit of a supply chain disruption even though it has greatly improved versus the beginning of 2023 |
| And so, we'll have those inefficiencies running through the first half of the year |
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